Safety

Nothing is straight.
Nothing is simple.
Perhaps it never was.

But you yearn,
for those few moments, where
safe, you can relax

and ignore a world
out of kilter and angry,
and bask

in a simple touch,
a quiet heart,
a freedom from fear.

About this poem

More and more I have come to understand the need to feel safe. Not just physically safe, but emotionally and spiritually safe. It’s a rare commodity, and oh so precious.

Tom